The Army announced Friday it has selected General Dynamics Land Systems [GD], Oshkosh Defense [OSK], BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and armor supplier Point Blank Enterprises to work on refining their concepts for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. Nearly $300 million in contracts ...
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The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) restores funding for a second Navy destroyer and calls for adding an additional F-35 above the budget request. SASC approved its NDAA markup during a closed session on Wednesday by a ...
A bipartisan House Armed Services Committee (HASC) task force has put forth six legislative proposals aimed at bolstering the Pentagon’s supply chain security and reducing the department’s reliance on items sourced from adversarial countries, specifically China. The Defense Critical Supply ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to increase the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2022 topline by $25 billion above the president’s $715 billion budget request in its version of the next defense policy bill. The topline boost, which was confirmed by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on a Thursday call ...
The Army is planning to fly an autonomy-enabled Black Hawk helicopter, using technology developed in a DARPA program, at its next Project Convergence event, as the service looks to refine requirements for pursuing the technology on its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. “We’ve always said our ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday he’s “concerned” the department does not have a permanent acquisition chief in place, adding he’s working with the White House on identifying a candidate to lead the office. Austin’s remarks arrive after Michael Brown, director of the Pentagon ...